At Acctabull, the careful management of your finances is our top priority. We pride ourselves on providing personalized, thorough service that meets your business or individual needs.

We provide a full range of tax and accounting services for our clients and offer consulting services for special needs.

 

 

 

Professional Accounting Services

Bookkeeping Services

Our bookkeeping services ensure your financial records are accurate and up-to-date. We use the latest software and technology to handle all your bookkeeping needs, so you can focus on growing your business.

Tax Advisory Services

Our tax advisory services help you minimize your tax liability and take advantage of tax-saving opportunities. We have extensive experience working with businesses of all sizes and industries.

Financial Planning

Our financial planning services help you plan for your future and achieve your financial goals. We take a holistic approach to financial planning, considering all aspects of your financial situation.

Payroll Processing

Our payroll processing services help you save time and money by handling all aspects of payroll management. From calculating employee wages to filing payroll taxes, we've got you covered.

Audit Services

Our audit services help you ensure your financial statements are accurate and comply with all accounting standards. We have extensive experience conducting audits for businesses of all sizes.

Business Consulting

Our business consulting services help you improve your business operations and increase profitability. We offer customized solutions tailored to your specific business needs.

 

Tax Services

At Acctabull, we assist our tax clients through efficient compliance and effective planning to help them realize substantial savings.  We use a team approach and focus on timely communication to provide our clients with excellent service. Tax partner and specialist involvement ensures that our clients receive the most experienced technical expertise we have to offer.

We offer the following tax services:

Federal, State, and International Business Tax Services

Tax Return Compliance

Preparation of federal, state, and international tax returns is the core of our tax services. High levels of technical and industry-specific expertise enable our tax professionals to ensure clients’ tax returns are prepared efficiently and on time.

Transactional Structuring

We help businesses structure economic transactions in ways that minimize the tax impact by advising them on acquisitions, sales, and mergers.

Accounting Method Reviews

We review businesses’ tax accounting methodologies for proper accounting and accounting method strategies to maximize income tax benefits.

Transfer Pricing Studies

Our transfer pricing specialists can provide your business with consultations and studies to assist you with determining appropriate "arms'-length" pricing among related companies.

Research Credit Calculations

We can help your business determine if it is eligible to claim certain federal and state research credits, assist with the documentation requirements, and quantify the amount of the tax credit.

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Real Estate Cost Segregation Studies

At Acctabull, we have proven cost segregation strategies that can accelerate real estate tax depreciation deductions for businesses.  This results in a deferral of taxes, which in turn increases cash flow.

Cost segregation separates the costs of property from building, land acquisition, and construction costs.  This benefits your business because the property has a shorter useful life for depreciation purposes when it stands on its own than when it is combined with the longer-lived building or land.

There are certain limitations surrounding cost segregation.  It can only be performed on buildings constructed, acquired, enhanced, or expanded in 1986 or later.  Additionally, certain industries tend to have buildings with the most potential for tax deferral and improved cash flows.  These industries include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

• Auto dealerships
• Hospitals and medical facilities
• Industrial facilities
• Manufacturing facilities
• Office buildings
• Retail stores and shopping centers
• Apartment or condominium complexes
• Supermarkets and restaurants

Audit & Appeal Representation

We possess the expertise and experience to represent taxpayers before tax authorities.  Our tax professionals understand the dispute resolution and appeals process and work diligently to obtain the most favorable results for you.

International Tax Assistance

Business is becoming increasingly international.  More companies than ever deal with foreign tax issues at some level, and this trend will only increase as globalization continues.  At Acctabull, we can help you navigate the complexities of a variety of international tax planning issues, including the following:

• Choosing the most advantageous type of entity and corporate structure
• Subpart F income determinations
• Foreign tax credit utilization
• Using IC-DISC for tax reduction
• Transfer pricing
• Foreign earnings repatriation
• Foreign withholding and reporting obligations
• Treaty interpretation

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State and Local Tax Specific Services

Nexus Consulting and State Tax Liability Analysis

We can help you understand and navigate where your business must file and pay state and local taxes based on multistate activities.  Additionally, we will recommend where to file and quantify potential tax liabilities associated with various state and local jurisdictions.

Sales and Use Tax Determination

We can assist you in understanding the sales and use tax consequences of specific transactions and ensure you meet any filing requirements.

Tax Planning Services

Federal Income Tax Planning

We aid businesses with all aspects of federal income tax planning.  This includes implementing federal income tax strategies that maximize savings, increase profits and manage cash flows. 

State and Local Tax Planning

Our team understands the structural and transactional underpinnings of state and local regulations in ways that allow us to create solutions that mitigate tax liabilities. We provide state and local tax planning in the following areas:

• Income tax
• Franchise tax
• Sales and use tax
• Property tax
• Other miscellaneous taxes

Business Succession Tax Planning

You spent your life building your business, and now you want to pass it on to the next generation or sell the value you built.  We advise businesses on effective succession planning to preserve their family and business legacies while also considering potential tax consequences.

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Other Tax Services

Accounting for Income Taxes

Financial accounting for income taxes can be complex.  Our professionals have the technical skills and experience to help our clients navigate through these complex requirements and create efficient income tax accounting and reporting.  We also help companies stay up to date with regulatory guidance and disclosure requirements. The services we offer help our clients minimize year-end surprises and reduce reporting-related risk.  These services include:

• Calculation of tax provisions
• Account for uncertain tax positions
• Analyze current and deferred taxes
• Prepare financial statement footnote disclosures

Tax Updates

We keep our clients up to date on the latest federal, state, and international tax issues through webinars, newsletters, website postings, and face-to-face meetings.   By staying ahead of tax issues, we can communicate how they will impact your operations quickly and address them in a timely manner. 

Individual Tax Services

When it comes to individual taxes, change provides opportunity.  We keep on top of these changes to provide you with the best advice and strategies, especially through planning opportunities.  You can depend on us for objective guidance and personal attention.  We believe in focusing on your long-term financial goals and steering your current needs toward meeting them.

Estate and Trust Tax Services

If you have not considered what will happen to your hard-earned assets as you age and eventually pass on, you should.  Without an estate plan, the wealth you worked your entire life to build will be distributed according to state law and not according to your wishes. Estate planning is crucial if you want to minimize taxes and distribute as much as possible to your preferred beneficiaries.

We will work with you to design an estate plan tailored to your specific needs, using a variety of planning vehicles, including family limited partnerships, trusts, and charitable entities. Our team can assist you by performing the following:

• Review wills and trust instruments.
• Estimate estate taxes and strategize alternatives to reduce them.
• Review business issues, including valuation and the transfer and/or disposition of business interests.
• Identify potential liquidity problems arising from federal and state estate taxes, probate and administration costs, and other expenses required for the continued operation of the family business.
• Develop a lifetime gifting program using vehicles such as family limited partnerships, charitable trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts
• Prepare estate, gift, fiduciary, and non-profit tax returns
• Advise you on the possible use of various trust structures, including charitable remainder trusts, grantor annuity trusts, personal residence trusts, family partnerships, credit shelter trusts, marital deduction trusts, and revocable lifetime trusts.

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Accounting And Auditing Services

QuickBooks 

• QuickBooks Setup and Clean-Up: I handle the initial setup of your QuickBooks account, including the Chart of Accounts, or perform a thorough clean-up of existing, messy, or outdated books to correct errors and catch up on missed entries.

• Day-to-Day Bookkeeping: This includes recording and categorizing all transactions, managing Accounts Payable (paying bills) and Accounts Receivable (client invoicing and payment tracking), and reconciling bank and credit card statements monthly to guarantee accuracy. 

• Financial Reporting: I generate essential financial statements, such as Profit & Loss (Income Statement), Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statements, providing a clear picture of your business's performance and financial health. 

• Payroll & Tax Support: I can integrate and manage your payroll processing, ensuring timely and accurate payments and compliance. I also organize all financial data and reports to ensure a smooth tax filing process. 

• Consulting & Analysis: Beyond data entry, I offer expert analysis and advice, helping you understand your reports, budget for the future, and optimize your cash flow and expenses. 

My services help you save time, reduce errors, and build confidence in your financial data, so you can focus on growing your business.

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HR / Payroll

 

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Accounting System Review 

My service provides a thorough, deep-dive review of your current accounting system (e.g., QuickBooks, Xero, etc.) to ensure your financial processes are accurate, efficient, and fully compliant with all relevant regulations.

This review typically involves:

• Workflow Analysis: Assessing your current data entry, transaction categorization, and reporting procedures for efficiency.

• Internal Controls Check: Verifying that adequate checks and balances are in place to safeguard assets and prevent fraud or error.

• GAAP/Compliance Audit: Ensuring your books adhere to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and meet all state and federal reporting requirements, including proper tax preparation readiness.

• Actionable Recommendations: Delivering a concise report with specific, practical steps to improve system reliability, strengthen controls, and optimize financial integrity going forward.

This service is perfect for businesses seeking to restore confidence in their financial data and prepare for audits or tax season.

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Audits

Acctabull only audits privately held companies.  Concentrating on privately held companies means we are free from public company regulations, reporting deadlines, disclosure complexities, and risk management issues.  As a result, we can focus on what really matters to you and your business.

Audits are usually performed because an outside third party requires an auditor’s opinion on the financial statements.  Audits are performed for the purpose of expressing an opinion about whether the financial statements are fairly presented and that they conform with generally accepted accounting principles or another financial reporting framework.

Audits are the most comprehensive of all the attest services.  Auditing procedures include testing accounting records and examining evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Evidence is obtained through inquiries, analytical procedures, physical inspection, observation, and independent confirmation. Additionally, audits require an understanding of the entity and its internal controls.

There are certain assurances that audits are not designed to provide. An audit does not provide assurance on or aim to identify deficiencies in internal control. The work performed as part of an audit does give us an understanding of how your company and its financial reporting function.  This means we may be able to identify issues related to internal controls, processes, inefficiencies, cash flow problems, and company and industry trends.  As a result, the work performed during an audit may allow us to provide you with general business advice based on the insights gained during the engagement.

Reviews

Reviews are usually conducted to satisfy third parties seeking assurance that the financial statements are not materially misstated.  They provide less assurance to financial statement users than an audit. Also, unlike an audit, there is no expression of an opinion on the financial statements, testing of controls, or financial data. Reviews essentially consist of inquiries of company personnel and analytical procedures applied to financial data. 

Compilations

Compilations provide the lowest level of assurance for financial statement services.  They are often required by third parties and by companies internally.

In a compilation, we assist management in presenting its financial information in the proper form as financial statements.  Compilations also require us to understand the client’s industry and to obtain specific knowledge about the client.  Additionally, we read the financial statements and ensure they are free from obvious material errors.  They provide no expression of an opinion on the financial statements.

Agreed Upon Procedures

Agreed-upon procedures are performed when the parties agree that the accountant should perform a specific procedure or set of procedures.  They can be useful when you or a third party wants some comfort about a specific area, such as inventory or cash, but do not need the assurance and related time and expense of a full audit or review. Agreed-upon procedures can address a wide range of subject matter, such as the quality of collateral or due diligence related to a business acquisition. In all cases, agreed-upon procedures are solely the responsibility of the parties that specify them, and they do not provide an opinion on the subject matter or financial statements.

Visit our set of Financial Calculators for quick answers on topics such as your IRA, investments, your child's college tuition, and your mortgage or credit card calculations.

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Consulting Services

At Acctabull, our business is to know and understand your financial situation.  We offer services beyond compliance and combine our experience, expertise, and knowledge to add value as a trusted advisor to your financial situation.

We offer the following consulting services:

Financial Processes

Every organization can benefit from being introspective, skeptical, and analytical regarding its finances.  We work with organizations to develop the predictive capabilities necessary to adapt to rapid changes and outperform their peers.  Specifically, we can help you with:

• Driving growth from new markets and opportunities.
• Enhance cash management by optimizing working capital and improving capital allocation.
• Improve finance operations by focusing on operational effectiveness, financial analytics, as well as budgeting and forecasting.
• Enable efficient regulatory compliance.
• Effectively manage risk by identifying sources and improvements to mitigate high-risk areas. 

Business Valuation

Business valuations enable you to accurately determine a business's value and its components.  It is essential that you know what a business is worth, whether you are buying, selling, involved in litigation, or planning your estate.  Our highly trained and experienced professionals work with attorneys, other accountants, and financial institutions to ensure you are represented fairly.  Our business valuation team is comprised of Certified Valuation Analysts (CVA), Accredited Senior Appraisers (ASA), and accountants Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV).  Additionally, they are experienced in testifying in both Federal and State courts.  Here is a complete list of business valuation services we provide:

Litigation

• Marital dissolution
• Partner or shareholder dissolution
• Economic damages or bankruptcy

Financial Reporting

• Purchase price allocation
• Asset impairment testing
• Intellectual property valuations

Business Planning

• Buy and sell agreements
• Purchase or sale of a business
• General business planning

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Services

Acctabull, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Group provides financial advisory services to Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, debtors, unsecured creditors, and estate fiduciaries. We can aid you in formal insolvency proceedings, out-of-court corporate wind-downs, reorganizations, and liquidations.  Details of the various services our bankruptcy and insolvency group offers are detailed below:

Bankruptcy Trustees

• Facilitate electronic records retrieval
• Identify hidden assets
• Assist with asset sales
• Assist with document requests
• Perform claims, insolvency, and fraudulent transfer analyses
• Prepare required tax returns
• Provide expert testimony

Debtors

• Assist with the software set-up to segregate pre- and post-petition activity
• Bankruptcy schedule preparation
• Prepare cash flows and budget to actual analysis
• Perform claims analyses
• Provide guidance for the development of a viable reorganization plan
• Prepare required tax returns

Creditors' Committees

• Assess the reasonableness of cash flows
• Analyze budgets to actuals
• Perform preference analyses
• Investigate insider transactions
• Search for fraudulent transfers and asset misappropriations
• Analyze solvency
• Prepare reports and provide expert testimony

Estate Fiduciaries

• Assist with the sale of hard assets
• Assist with negotiating private sales of intangibles
• Develop causes of action to recover assets
• Distribute estate assets to creditors on the basis of priority ranking

Forensic Accounting

Fraud is an ever-present and growing problem for business organizations. It can go undetected for years and is often committed by “trusted” employees.  Fraud impacts nearly every organization regardless of size, and the costs can be substantial.

At Acctabull, our forensic accounting team is comprised of highly trained Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE’s) and accountants Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF’s). We believe the best way to deal with fraud is to prevent it.  Our approach goes beyond looking at the numbers to analyze and interpret them and understand the story they tell.   We assess and protect organizations from fraud through a rigorous step-by-step approach as follows:

• Evaluate your organization’s overall fraud risk.
• Identify possible fraud schemes with an eye toward industry-specific criteria.
• Rate any recognized schemes and analyze risk tolerance.
• Develop policies, procedures, and strategies to mitigate fraud.
• Implement and test detection and prevention against future fraud.

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